"Future's End" Line-by-Line

[Admiral Shran]

CHAKOTAY: So much for the time ship.

 

[LeadHead]

Janeway: There's no doubt about it. The subspace readings are coming from him.

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Griffith Observatory - Rain's laboratory]

RAIN: (watching the computer screen register something in orbit) No way. Way.

 

[LeadHead]

At The Chronoworx Building, Henry Starling places a small computer chip down on a glass table.

Starling: It's crap. The component density is too low, the voltage variance is too high and I don't even like the color.

 

[Admiral Shran]

JIM: But Mister Starling....

 

[LeadHead]

Starling: We've got less than 6 months before we introduce the HyperPro PC and with a chip like this driving it, we'll have to change the name to Edsel. I gave your company this contract because you're the best in the business, next to us of course. Go home, Jim. Lose some sleep over this. I want a full report middle of next week.

The Phone beeps. Starling turns on speaker phone.

Starling: What am I doing Dave?

 

[Admiral Shran]

DAVE [OC]: You are in a meeting sir.

 

[LeadHead]

Starling: And?

 

[Admiral Shran]

DAVE [OC]: And I know I'm not supposed to interrupt, but there's a woman calling on line three from the Griffith Observatory. Rain Robinson. She say's it's urgent.

 

[LeadHead]

Starling gives Jim a Goodbye Wave. Jim leaves.

Starling: Put her through.

Phone beeps.

Starling: Henry Starling.

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Griffith Observatory - Rain's laboratory]

RAIN: Hi, I don't know if you remember me. I'm one of the astronomers at the SETI lab you're funding. We met at the Griffith restoration party.

 

[LeadHead]

Starlings office

Starling: Yes, yes, yes, what is it?

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Griffith Observatory - Rain's laboratory]

RAIN: Okay, well it was my understanding that you wanted to be notified immediately if I ever picked up a gamma emission that matched the frequency profile you gave me? Well I did, so I am.

 

[Enterprise1981]

Starling's office

STARLING: Are you certain?

 

[Brian]

[Griffith Observatory - Rain's laboratory]

RAIN: Positive. I tracked the emission and guess what, the source is in orbit. It is right above us.

 

[LeadHead]

Starling's office

Starling: When did it show up?

 

[Brian]

[Griffith Observatory - Rain's laboratory]

RAIN: According to the raw data, about ninety minutes ago. I'm not picking up anything from the standard search parameters. Wow. That means no one else knows there's something up there. We've got to tell somebody about this. We've got to call NASA!

 

[LeadHead]

Starling's office

Starling: Rain, that's a little premature, don't you think? This could be a close encounter but then again, could be a flock of geese.

 

[Brian]

[Griffith Observatory - Rain's laboratory]

RAIN: Geese don't park themselves twenty thousand kilometers above North America. Let's send a message up there, see if there's any response.

 

[LeadHead]

Starling's office

Starling: No, No. We don't know what we've found, until we do, I'm not going to risk embarrassing myself or your Observatory. Track the emission, get more data and keep me informed. In the meantime I'm going to put a bottle of champagne on ice. Do you think ET likes Chateau Coeur?